Antonio Conte's lengthy complaints about Chelsea's gruelling fixture schedule did not deter his players from dashing off abroad on their day off.
Eden Hazard crossed the Channel to Lille to watch his native Belgium lose in the Davis Cup final on Sunday, just 24 hours after a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.
Tiemoue Bakayoko flew to Monaco's Stade Louis II on Sunday where he saw his former club lose at home to Paris Saint-Germain.
Chelsea's game at Anfield was their third away game in eight days, a sequence which included a 5,000-mile round trip to a Champions League game against Qarabag in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.